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Drama in Kentucky Never Ends

The online casino gambling industry has been up in arms in the past couple of weeks as Judge Wingate released a ruling in the domain name seizure case that largely sides with the Kentucky government. The Kentucky government requested that the courts approve the seizure of more than 140 domain names of online casinos suspected of accepting Kentucky gamblers. And while the presiding judge, Judge Wingate, did not wholly side with the state on the issue, he did authorize the seizure of any online casino gambling domain name that still accepts Kentucky players after a given date. That date has been extended to December 3 and even that date is contested by some gambling companies.

Another ongoing issue facing the Kentucky courts is the fact that iMEGA has gotten involved in the process and the pro-online casino gambling association is looking to raise just a bit of trouble about the ruling. In fact, although iMEGA has yet to confirm this, the association has apparently filed a Writ of Mandamus in an effort to take the issue to the higher courts – the state Supreme Courts in fact. iMEGA contends that the ruling is flawed and that the confiscation of domain names from the online casinos and related sites does not take into account Constitutional rights and the such.

There is really no telling how this case will pan out at this point, all that can be said is that many of the online casinos are definitely not taking any chances and they have already begun to geoblock Kentucky residents. The potential long-term negative effects of this ruling are huge and that is an area where the Kentucky Supreme Courts will have to tread lightly – if they sanction the ruling then it means that governments all over the world have the right to confiscate any domain name they choose that violates the countries laws and legislation.